It’s comforting to hear that someone else chooses sleep rather than do middle of the night barn checks during lambing season. The only time I would even...
Should you not use colostrum for this. Most experts recommend the first thing a lamb should have is colostrum? Barbara One of the best "cheating methods"...
What I mean is that the English blue (or brown) pattern is not a recognized color pattern in Shetland sheep or in Finn sheep. I have seen some Shetlands that...
Do you strip out any colostrum to give them? From what I've read, they should get colostrum in the first half hour to hour for it to be most effective in...
Finnsheep lamb in litters of up to the records of 7 in the USA. One in Finland had 9. One of Elisabeth's ewes had seven. Mine have "only" had five at a...
Sob no fair!! compared to ouessants with one lamb generally expected per pregnancy ( twins are pretty rare) you can imagine how long it takes to play around...
Colostrum is essential insurance for new lamb's immunity to various diseases. In my experience , as long as the lamb gets it within the first 8 hours of birth...
... shoulders. Is not recognized color - but does it exist? I mean, in Finland even badgerface is not recognized color for Finnsheep. It's know to exist, but...
Elizabeth writes: <<However there have been several times that the litters were huge.5,6,&7 live lambs to one ewe..and certainly not enough colostrum to go...
I found a link to a wonderful scientific interview on horn genetics. Emma Eythorsdottir answers questions about horn inheritance in Icelandic sheep. Kathy...
Riina, English Blue Aeb, is recessive to all patterns except Aa, nonagouti. To test breed you would have to use an AaAa ram. Since you have several badgerface...
Huge thanks Laurelen! Could you or someone else who knows English Blue color, check out one picture from my photo album, "Riina's badgerfaced sheeps". I added ...
From what I have been reading- Finns were developed to produce large litters of lambs that they were capable of raising on their own. Early smallholders did...
--Riina I think most of your pictures show true badgerfaces, but in my opinion the mysterious sheep and the last brown one are Eng. blue. I agree with you that...
Riina, The brown ewe does look like she could be English Blue. Many of your animals are carrying spotting. Though it is not on their bodies, it shows in the ...
well I don't have pics yet, but I thought I,d update anyway, I have a ewe and a ram, dark chocolate over black, sort of,; blacklegs, black eye patches, not...
... opinion ... I was thinking about this a whole yesterday and found out FOUR sheeps from my herd that could be English Blue. One is the "mysterious ewe", ...
Hi Riina can you explain your comment the ewe in the picture (? the brown ewe that you think might be eng blue?) does not carry spotting? Thanks Renée ... ...
Hi Riina can you explain a little more about DNA testing for breeds? thanks Renée ... From: Riina To: sheep-color-genetics@yahoogroups.com Sent: Friday,...
I'm working on an article about Finnsheep for a magazine and want to make sure I am not making mistakes about the description of inherited color. Is this okay?...
While Shetland and Icelandic sheep developed in areas where there were no predators and wintered out of doors, Finnsheep come from an area where both bears and...
... Actually my English is not enough well to explain much more about that, but I tell shortly what I can. Four of my ewes has been DNA-tested for a breed....
... brown ewe that you think might be eng blue?) does not carry spotting? I mean, her relatives are known and any of them has never left spotted lambs. I...
I would be interested to hear from abroad, how many lambs do you WISH to get from your Finnsheeps? Many older sheeps farmers in Finland remembers in Finland...
Riina, In the US we use spotting for all white spots, except for those that are part of a pattern, like the white tears on the English Blue. Many sheep show ...
I am delighted to be the owner of a white N-C ewe lamb with black tears, which I am told is a favorite traditional pattern among some Navajo shepherds. I...
Hi Riina, thanks for the explanation it makes sense and is probably more as a result of your langugage and culture having more experience and a need to...
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